Talk:Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Untitled

I took my best shot at attempting to provide a pronunciation help for his last name; if anyone's got a better one, by all means go for it.  :) ekedolphin 12:11, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Page protection and dispute resolution

I have protected this page due to revert-warring by two users. Please resolve your disputes here, and review Wikipedia's policies of WP:V, WP:CITE, WP:RS and WP:NPOV. Please keep this discussion civil and remember, protection is not an endorsement of the version. — Nearly Headless Nick 11:01, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Can I add him as a Golden State Warriors player? Seems like others already attempted to do so but some other user kept undoing it, along with a lot of other reversions of seemingly well-intentioned edits I can see from the History - thanks. :) --Downwards 00:30, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

With the Manual of Style in mind, I propose the following edits:

Šarūnas Jasikevičius (pronunciation^ⓘ; born March 5, 1976) is a Lithuanian point guard for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. In 2006 he married Linor Abargil, winner of the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998.

Jasikevičius was born in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, in the Soviet Union. He moved to the United States at a young age, playing high school basketball at Solanco High School in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, and college basketball at the University of Maryland. Although he was moderately successful on that level, Jasikevičius went undrafted in the 1998 NBA Draft and returned to Lithuania to play for Lietuvos Rytas for one season (1998-99). He spent 1999-2000 in Slovenia with Olimpija Ljubljana.

What do y'all think? Olessi 22:15, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, Soviet Union necessary? We have LTSSR already. M.K. 22:18, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

The LTSSR was not an independent state, but a constituent republic of the Soviet Union. Hypothetically, Jasikevičius would have competed internationally for the Soviet Union national basketball team, not for the LTSSR basketball team. Just listing the LTSSR may lead unknowing readers to assume that Lithuania was then independent instead of foreign-controlled. Olessi 00:07, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

But he did not played for SSSR aka Soviet Union, did he? :) M.K. 22:09, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Golden State Warriors

Someone needs to add the Golden State Warriors players category! — Dale Arnett 16:12, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

No way is he 6"6'

I don't care what their website writes him as, he's no way 6"6', I've seen many of his games and he's more likely 6"4', as he's officially listed on ESPN ( http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3996 ). Anybody who's seen his games should know it's a ridiculous suggestion. Gobbledygookie (talk) 18:53, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I've mentioned both sources. I also believe that he is indeed 6' 4'' and not 6' 6'', however, the threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. Bash Kash (talk) 19:05, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

What Gobbledygookie mentioned is right. He's 6'4''. I've seen him myself and what panathinaikos site states is totally incorrect. If you see his nba page you'll also find out. Sergiogr (talk) 19:35, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Here are some sites that state his true height. [1] [2] [3] [4]. Therefore i believe he's more like 6'4 not 6'6 Sergiogr (talk) 19:38, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. These are all very good sources. Just keep in mind that we cannot change information based on our own personal experience (per WP:NOR). I am still debating whether to remove the Panathinaikos source or not. It would be interesting to see what NBA.com said (I believe that qualifies as a reliable source). If NBA.com says 6' 4'', then I find it doubtful that he grew two inches from age 31 to 32. Bash Kash (talk) 05:13, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I looked him up in NBA.com but his personal page has been deleted somehow. Here is what i have found in nba site though [5]Sergiogr (talk) 06:17, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Great. I think based on all of these sources we can say that the Panathinaikos source is inaccurate. All of these (ESPN, NBA.com) qualify as reliable sources. Therefore, I will add them to the article. Bash Kash (talk) 03:41, 8 June 2008 (UTC)